North Koreas Nuclear Cinema
Subtitle: Simulation and Neoliberal Politics in the Two Koreas
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Published: 2024
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781350259522
Subjects: Political science
Description: <b><i>North Korea's Nuclear Cinema</i> examines why and how North Korea has transitioned to an image-based nuclear power in the changing context of a post-Cold War world.</b> What exactly is the North Korean nuclear threat? Why is North Korea engaging in hostilities when its erstwhile adversaries have offered a diplomatic exit ramp? Chapter by chapter, it explains how North Korea's footage-based nuclear politics is presented as military practice, but ultimately traces its lineage to cinematic propaganda, a tradition that blurs the line between image and reality.    By leveraging cinematic resources in place of physical military mobilization, North Korea continues to move international political actors with the mere suggestion of nuclear power. At a moment when North Korea is enhancing media representation, this book dives into a timely exploration of how the regime is projecting state power as South Korean televisual media challenges the North Korean communist spectacle that has held a captive audience for decades.